Weddingbee Blog

Has anything changed since we’ve been married? Well, not really. We have a new apartment, but other than that, our lives are pretty much the same. But we did recently merge our bank accounts together and now I’m learning to cope with sharing accounts. I can no longer go on a shopping spree without knowing that it affects someone else too. Although I must say, it is nice to have two paychecks.

So in terms of money, we are learning to compromise. For example, Mr. Butterfly is a heavy debit card user. He’d rather use the debit card than carry cash, which is fine. However, when I’m keeping track of the money going in and out of our account, I find myself going crazy with the daily $2.05 Starbucks purchase. It’s two dollars! His reasoning is that he doesn’t want 95 cents in change, whereas I think its ridiculous to charge two dollars to a debit card. So we have learned to compromise, and he now buys a Starbucks card in $50 increments.

What happens when I want to buy something expensive? See, I really (really, really) wanted a Temper-pedic bed but my DH (dear husband) did not want to spend that much on a mattress. But he really (really, really) wanted a 42″ flat screen plasma TV, and I didn’t want to spend that much on a TV. So we “compromised” by letting each other have the items, and promised to never bring it up as an unjustified cost in the future.

Other than that, things are going great for us. I am so happy to be in our new apartment (which is huge by Manhattan standards - over 900 square feet!). I also can’t wait to go to Houston to visit my parents, because this will be the first time that he and I will be allowed to share a room! At least, I think my parents will be OK with that.

Happy holidays to everyone at Weddingbee!